Tag Archives: IEEE FDC

Will our cities morph into a CityVerse?

The IEEE Future Direction Committee Metaverse Initiative is now reaching the end of the first year and it is time to present a few of the ideas that have been matured in these months. The Metaverse can be seen, and most importantly implemented and used, in different ways. I have …

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Exploring the Industrial Metaverse

The IEEE FDC Metaverse Initiative has been addressing a broad range of issues related to the Metaverse, from standardisation aspects (that obviously include the definition of what is meant with Metaverse) to the technologies that are needed (and enabling it) to the business opportunities opened by a shift to the …

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Exploring ideas to foster the Metaverse – XIX

Industrial Metaverse – Working in the Metaverse In the previous post in this series I remarked how the industrial metaverse is the fabric, or the space, to accommodate the whole life cycle. What does this mean for each layer? Let’s start with what for me (when discussing an industrial metaverse) …

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Exploring ideas to foster the Metaverse – I

Metaverse: a “work in progress” The  word  Metaverse first appeared in a 1992 novel, Snow Crash by Stevenson. It indicated a virtual place used by novel characters to escape from an “ugly” reality. However, looking for the roots of the word is a bit like saying  that “robots” are rooted …

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The economics of the Digital Transformation – X

Cognitive Digital Twins for humans In a manufacturing workflow humans are (still) playing an important role. Hence modelling the workflow requires modelling the human activity as well. A cognitive digital twin shall take the human role in the workflow as an integral part of the model. At this point the …

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Platforms, present and future I

One of the topic addressed in the Digital Transformation Course developed by EIT Digital and IEEE Future Direction in its Digital Reality Initiative is that of Platforms. In these last few weeks I have been discussing platforms with a number of key people in several industries and now I take …

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From Digital Reality to Reality – III

The new Initiative launched by FDC-IEEE capitalises on the results achieved by the afore mentioned Digital Reality and Symbiotic Autonomous Systems and it is called Digital Reality: Fostering and leveraging the ongoing Digital Transformation. The Digital Transformation is affecting most businesses, many paths of life and is transforming our perception …

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